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ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> gingrich exaggerates, dropping reagan's name 50 time bus in his diaries, gingrich mentioned reagan only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's's ideas would crime our defense program." reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character and beginning vich no ronald reagan. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich hit back against that super pac ad last night, arguing that he is more like reagan than is mitt romney. >> governor romney cannot defend his record, he can't defend his past, kent defend what he's done and so his goal is to somehow throw enough mud at me. and i think it's all gonna wash off because the american people are smart enough. i first met with ronald reagan in 1974, i campaigned with him in 1980, i helped him for eight years while he was president, i have made a movie about him, i have written a book about him. to suggest that governor romney is more reagan like than i am is an ac
ronald reagan. ronald reagan. ronald reagan. president reagan. >> gingrich exaggerates, dropping reagan's name 50 time bus in his diaries, gingrich mentioned reagan only once. reagan criticized gingrich saying "newt's's ideas would crime our defense program." reagan rejected newt's ideas on leadership and character and beginning vich no ronald reagan. restore our future is responsible for the content of this message. >> gingrich hit back against that super pac ad last...
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there was a bias in 1980 when ronald reagan won 41 states, in 1984 when ronald reagan won 84 states, i mean 49 states. there was a libial media bias in 1988 when george h.w. bush destroyed michael due caucus, in 2000 and 2004. get over it. >> peggy said it best. you've got to transcend it if you're a republican. >> compared to all of those other elections, there were -- there was nothing like the conservative media counterweight that there is now. >> right. >> so to the extent that there is some degree of liberal bias, in 1980, there was no fox news in 1980. there was no conservative blogosphere. >> talk radio. >> there was no talk radio. >> matt drudge. >> if anything, the world is much more -- if you look at the full spectrum of media, there's much more diversity and conservatives have plenty loud megaphone in our media environment today. >> and look at the conservatives over the past week, week and a half, that have said hey, there's a problem here. i said it on saturday. "the wall street journal" said it last sunday. laura ingram came out on monday, rush on tuesday, was talking -
there was a bias in 1980 when ronald reagan won 41 states, in 1984 when ronald reagan won 84 states, i mean 49 states. there was a libial media bias in 1988 when george h.w. bush destroyed michael due caucus, in 2000 and 2004. get over it. >> peggy said it best. you've got to transcend it if you're a republican. >> compared to all of those other elections, there were -- there was nothing like the conservative media counterweight that there is now. >> right. >> so to the...
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reagan biography about tip o'neill and ronald reagan. and maybe the defining moment of that relationship, reeves writes that after the marines were killed in beirut, tip o'neill called together a meeting at hc-5, got all the democrats down together. they thought he was going to give a political speech. instead tip o'neill said to the democrats gathered there, while the barracks were still smoldering, he said, you know, today we're not democrats. today we're americans. and if any of you speak out against the president of the united states, you're not going to have ronny reagan to have to deal with. you're going to have tip o'neill to deal with. and reeves -- richard reeves said that the democrats followed tip o'neill's leadership. and when the time came, they criticized ronald reagan. but they did it in time. these were two old irish politicians that knew how to work together, even though they disagreed as fundamentally as possible. >> what we need is more people on both sides of the aisle like that. and before we go to a break, mark mcki
reagan biography about tip o'neill and ronald reagan. and maybe the defining moment of that relationship, reeves writes that after the marines were killed in beirut, tip o'neill called together a meeting at hc-5, got all the democrats down together. they thought he was going to give a political speech. instead tip o'neill said to the democrats gathered there, while the barracks were still smoldering, he said, you know, today we're not democrats. today we're americans. and if any of you speak...
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. >> but ronald reagan, people forget, before the debate, ronald reagan was painted as this looney, right-wing fanatic that would start world war iii, dr. strangelove, and it was the debate that stuck a needle in that balloon. >> i remember it well. >> not even born yet. i mean, this is romney's chance. >> sure. >> to connect with the american people. >> to pick up on mike's point, fascinating number from the poll is this. 51% of people who said they had heard or read something about romney in the last couple weeks said what they had heard or read made them think more negatively about him. more positively, that number was 48%. they've heard him going into this debate. this provides them a chance to say, listen, that guy you saw in the video, that's not me. i'm a different type of person. he can reset in that sense. i'm sort of with al on this. i spent a lot of time over the past week watching all of romney's debates from 2002. i watched every single debate. there were five of them. i read hundreds of clips in 2002. he was against a democrat. >> you really should get a life. >> i know, it's pat
. >> but ronald reagan, people forget, before the debate, ronald reagan was painted as this looney, right-wing fanatic that would start world war iii, dr. strangelove, and it was the debate that stuck a needle in that balloon. >> i remember it well. >> not even born yet. i mean, this is romney's chance. >> sure. >> to connect with the american people. >> to pick up on mike's point, fascinating number from the poll is this. 51% of people who said they had...
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in 1984, ronald reagan, two years later, faced iran-contra. in 1996, bill clinton, three years later, faced impeachment. in 2004, george w. bush who, of course, the next year faced katrina and a collection of disasters. how does the president keep his head down, not be swept away by the moment, and avoid the mistakes of his four predecessors? >> well, i think what is so sobering -- and this isn't a grand historical vision or a legacy moment -- because for him, the reality is going to be around 1:00 today when he comes out and says what he would do about the fiscal cliff. we can all laugh about the term as much as any of you, but the reality is really grim. when i started going through the numbers yesterday of just what taxpayers -- ordinary taxpayers -- are going to face, i had no idea that it wasn't just the bush tax cuts, even though i follow this stuff pretty closely, the minimum tax hitting, of all people, the most people who will be affected by the amt kicking in if congress were to let it happen. and you've been there, so you know that t
in 1984, ronald reagan, two years later, faced iran-contra. in 1996, bill clinton, three years later, faced impeachment. in 2004, george w. bush who, of course, the next year faced katrina and a collection of disasters. how does the president keep his head down, not be swept away by the moment, and avoid the mistakes of his four predecessors? >> well, i think what is so sobering -- and this isn't a grand historical vision or a legacy moment -- because for him, the reality is going to be...
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tip o'neill didn't respect ronald reagan politically. he said reagan didn't know much about politics. he loved telling that story about how he confused a president with a baseball pitcher. always suggested like all of reagan's opponents suggested that the guy was a little dense. that was reagan's genius. but he didn't respect reagan politically, reagan didn't respect tip o'neill politically, but they both really liked each other personally and respected each other personally. >> it's very complicated. it's going to take 100,000 words to explain it. i've been working on the social security part lately, the big deal that came about and it's just like what's going on now. everybody thought it was glossed over, really nice and sweet and everything. every newspaper clipping i've been able to pull back to refresh my memories of those days shows it was back and forth like a tennis match, every day, it's your turn, it's your turn, it's your turn. finally on the last day of the first extension, january 15th and they were about to give up and mona
tip o'neill didn't respect ronald reagan politically. he said reagan didn't know much about politics. he loved telling that story about how he confused a president with a baseball pitcher. always suggested like all of reagan's opponents suggested that the guy was a little dense. that was reagan's genius. but he didn't respect reagan politically, reagan didn't respect tip o'neill politically, but they both really liked each other personally and respected each other personally. >> it's very...
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after ford lost, you had a swing to the more conservative ronald reagan. more proposition, i'm speculating on what would happen if either won the nomination and lost to obama. if romney wins the nomination and loses to obama, it strengthens the hand of cultural warriors, pop list tea partiers. if santorum loses the race to obama, it strengthens the hands of conservatives. it strengthens the hands of chris christie and jeb bush who can come back and bring the party back to the winnable, not the center. >> and we're not talking ideology. jeb bush is not a centrist. jeb bush is a conservative. chris jentry is a conservative. >> but they're left of rick santorum. >> jeb bush would never vote for $7 million drug benefit plan without paying for it. i know jeb bush. i didn't know that was the right/left position. i thought it was more of a 20th century position versus a 19th century stay on the farm and help me position. >> coming next, the early days of the presidency. a new book looks at the players involved in crafting the $800 billion stimulus plan and ask wh
after ford lost, you had a swing to the more conservative ronald reagan. more proposition, i'm speculating on what would happen if either won the nomination and lost to obama. if romney wins the nomination and loses to obama, it strengthens the hand of cultural warriors, pop list tea partiers. if santorum loses the race to obama, it strengthens the hands of conservatives. it strengthens the hands of chris christie and jeb bush who can come back and bring the party back to the winnable, not the...
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go back ronald reagan we always talk about ronald reagan's historic landslide in 1980. mika you do breakdown from 1980 and put that in last night's voting group, and ronald reagan would have lost in a landslide. it is a new republican party. this is something that george w. bush and jeb bush s in they warned republicans ajçbout it for some time. and last night, they paid a heavy price for not listening. >> they paid the hard it is a race you could argue they should have won. >> oh, my gosh. seriously? we had to work overtime do this! left everything on the field? really? >> no. >> not even close! >> they pushed itarther away. >> what does tch -- if you remember what first undo the obama health care substantively in your mind offmewhat and with so many other important issues including the fiscal cliff, but does affordable care act, the supreme court has spoken, the voters have spoken does this mean that we accept it as law? >> i think so. >> politically. >> i tedges. >> but they were going to. >> you to happen over the next four years. you only have to go back to see wh
go back ronald reagan we always talk about ronald reagan's historic landslide in 1980. mika you do breakdown from 1980 and put that in last night's voting group, and ronald reagan would have lost in a landslide. it is a new republican party. this is something that george w. bush and jeb bush s in they warned republicans ajçbout it for some time. and last night, they paid a heavy price for not listening. >> they paid the hard it is a race you could argue they should have won. >> oh,...
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reagan and ronald reagan was our president and mitt romney is no ronald reagan. and i just don't see that analogy of this being -- this may be a late breaking campaign but it doesn't feel as though this race has that kind of freight and level of gravity. joe, you've talked about this a lot, in terms of '80 versus where we are now. however profound the choices are we're facing, it just does not seem romney is an historical actor on that scale. the other thing you all are saying is exactly right. when you talk to republicans in private, they will say we're not sure we can make this. you talk to democrats in private they'll say we'll just get over the line. insofar as there's candor behind the scenes, that's an interesting refrain. >> having said that, we are facing profound choices and the hope is that this becomes the campaign about something rather than nothing and that is does get exciting. thi i think it could. >> lots of luck with that. i think it going to get smaller and smaller. as the 30-second ads start. >> i don't know. i think the time is going to come f
reagan and ronald reagan was our president and mitt romney is no ronald reagan. and i just don't see that analogy of this being -- this may be a late breaking campaign but it doesn't feel as though this race has that kind of freight and level of gravity. joe, you've talked about this a lot, in terms of '80 versus where we are now. however profound the choices are we're facing, it just does not seem romney is an historical actor on that scale. the other thing you all are saying is exactly right....
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reagan did that, was a great communicator, mitt romney is not, so perhaps ronald reagan would do very well and greg shirry's critique attacks like this from jeb bush are what we're seeing from the democratic party right now, which is too much in party fighting which is not what the republicans need. we're seeing this from various corners from the republican party and greg is saying enough with this reagan talk and whether reagan would win now. thinks a good case ronald reagan would win in today's republican party. >> that argument was made on the air. i don't buy it. what do you think is going on? the party? everyone denies it. very key people are saying it. >> i was very close, not necessarily personally with jeb, but certainly when jeb was governor of florida and we were in constant communication. i was a huge supporter of his. jeb was one of the most conservative rulers i've seen, governors i've ever seen. he fought on vouchers. it was a war, i mean tallahassee was shut down, he won florida, a battle on affirmative action, he fought republicans on spending, he was the conservative'
reagan did that, was a great communicator, mitt romney is not, so perhaps ronald reagan would do very well and greg shirry's critique attacks like this from jeb bush are what we're seeing from the democratic party right now, which is too much in party fighting which is not what the republicans need. we're seeing this from various corners from the republican party and greg is saying enough with this reagan talk and whether reagan would win now. thinks a good case ronald reagan would win in...
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i thought it was terrible that ronald reagan fired the patco people. reassured the re-election. not because people are anti-union but a guy to stand up and do what -- >> imagine that move which was a courageous move today. make that move today and the scrutiny and the pulling apart and the ripping of it. >> look what they tweeted -- look what they tweeted -- >> a lot easier. >> it is true. >> to get that done when you are not, you know, when the locusts do not descend upon any -- >> you know, i unfortunately, i'm on twitter. i could literally sit here and look at the camera saying two plus two equals four and have 50 people tweet me i'm a gop shill. gene, do you think president obama will be one of the most courageous presidents in the history? i think he will. sheer force of will. he's done it. >> you can make that argument. >> make a bracelet. >> wait for history and 50 years. >> listen. all i know is bob kerry running for the senate in nebraska and i asked him once, how long do you think it would take to really revamp the social security system, make it solvent, eliminate mos
i thought it was terrible that ronald reagan fired the patco people. reassured the re-election. not because people are anti-union but a guy to stand up and do what -- >> imagine that move which was a courageous move today. make that move today and the scrutiny and the pulling apart and the ripping of it. >> look what they tweeted -- look what they tweeted -- >> a lot easier. >> it is true. >> to get that done when you are not, you know, when the locusts do not...
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reagan would be pushed to the sidelines in today's republican party. >> ronald reagan, who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> and when it came to specific policy differences, president obama -- >> hold on a second. i'm sorry. >> this is the best part right here. it's coming up. >> he's no better at constitutional law than he is at republican politics. >> oh, please. he spoke about that too. i'll get there. >> barack obama is the expert on who can win a republican primary today? >> you simmer down. stop. >> i'm relaxed. i don't say -- i have never once -- never once have you heard me say that anything that barack obama supports is, quote, radical vision for america. >> right. ok. >> and goes against everything -- what did he say? goes against everything -- >> well, you haven't talked about the ryan budget then. >> ant
reagan would be pushed to the sidelines in today's republican party. >> ronald reagan, who as i recall is not accused of being a tax and spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control, that for him to make a deal, he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases. did it multiple times. he could not get through a republican primary today. >> and when it came to specific policy differences, president obama -- >> hold on a...
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go back and read what the editorial board of "the new york times" wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main -- i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable republican, that would be a fun book to read. >> but what do you think about that argument that, ronald reagan wouldn't recognize his own party? >> it's very simple. very, very simple. and we go back to father pat buchanan, who always -- >> mon-signore. >> and this is the way that -- i mean, you should look at it. he always talked about political athletes. barack obama was a great political athlete. hillary clinton, a great political athlete. in 2012, the conservatives were the clunkers. that didn't run the 4.3 40. they run the 7.4 40 while eating a big mac and smoking a cigarette. and mitt romney wasn't flashy, but the moderate this year had the best operation, was best in the debates, and was the best political athlete, which again is not saying a whole lot. but
go back and read what the editorial board of "the new york times" wrote about ronald reagan. go back and read what main -- i mean, my god, seriously? if somebody decided to just write a book on slanderous quotes against ronald reagan throughout the 1980s by the people now saying, well, you know, he was a reasonable republican, that would be a fun book to read. >> but what do you think about that argument that, ronald reagan wouldn't recognize his own party? >> it's very...
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that said, though, newt always talks about ronald reagan. i guarantee you, newt gingrich was not hurting more last night than ronald reagan was hurting in 1976 when gerald ford won the republican nomination by saying, by saying that ronald reagan, president ronald reagan could start world war iii and yet reagan rose above it in the '76 convention. he got up there and smiled and he won the moment, he won the day and he won the nomination four years later starting that night. >> i'm not sure he did it the night that ford said it. >> but this happens. explain how politicians who get kicked, treated badly, still if they have the discipline to fly upside down, using newt's terminology, they get up there and smile and make americans think that they won. >> that's exactly the point. you have to be -- if you're going to be successful in politics, i think you have to be an optimist because you have to believe you're going to figure out a way to win the campaign, win the day. >> but to joe's point about, you know, having no one that joe has ever met t
that said, though, newt always talks about ronald reagan. i guarantee you, newt gingrich was not hurting more last night than ronald reagan was hurting in 1976 when gerald ford won the republican nomination by saying, by saying that ronald reagan, president ronald reagan could start world war iii and yet reagan rose above it in the '76 convention. he got up there and smiled and he won the moment, he won the day and he won the nomination four years later starting that night. >> i'm not...
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ronald reagan, the speeches that ronald reagan gave for ge in the 1950s are the speeches ronald reagan gave on the campaign trail in 1976, in 1980, and 1984, and at the republican national convention at 1988 when he said good-bye to america. the same speech. and these guys, michael steele, these guys can't deliver the same speech like a week apart. it is maddening how undiscipl e undisciplined they are. >> well, i think that's the core of it right there. and the messaging has been the enemy of the party, i think, since really last year. and this ability to -- the inability to communicate what you believe and how you're going to move the country forward, i think has been a large driver here. you've seen -- seen it reflected in the fact you have a slow or low turnout in republicans, who were juiced coming into the cycle, you know, to do this campaign to defeat the president. and yet we can't seem to be getting them to get to the polls. and a lot of that is the messaging. how these candidates are communicating. and i thought it was well put, you know, if santorum had taken that big speech
ronald reagan, the speeches that ronald reagan gave for ge in the 1950s are the speeches ronald reagan gave on the campaign trail in 1976, in 1980, and 1984, and at the republican national convention at 1988 when he said good-bye to america. the same speech. and these guys, michael steele, these guys can't deliver the same speech like a week apart. it is maddening how undiscipl e undisciplined they are. >> well, i think that's the core of it right there. and the messaging has been the...
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it's like ronald reagan. ronald reagan, yes, ronald reagan, grit debater, great communicator, but mike, you remember, everybody thought ronald reagan was crazy. jimmy carter had been saying he was going to blow up the world. ronald reagan just had to convince people that he was less like the mad hatter and more like grandpa. and the expectations were low. so romney's expectations are so low here that when he stands toe to toe with obama and beats him in a debate even by a little bit -- >> well, that's a strategy. lower the bar. >> -- then he wins. zmoo that's a whole new narrative for him. he's not going to get there. the clip we just showed of governor romney down in saras a sarasota, florida, basically saying the president just said washington can't be changed from within. we've got to get him out now. i just don't think people listen to that stuff. for the life of me, i don't understand why the governor and his campaign don't have one set speech basically saying here's how i'm going to put this country to
it's like ronald reagan. ronald reagan, yes, ronald reagan, grit debater, great communicator, but mike, you remember, everybody thought ronald reagan was crazy. jimmy carter had been saying he was going to blow up the world. ronald reagan just had to convince people that he was less like the mad hatter and more like grandpa. and the expectations were low. so romney's expectations are so low here that when he stands toe to toe with obama and beats him in a debate even by a little bit -- >>...
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ronald reagan always said, i wear the white hat. and he always expanded his base. >> and john huntman had the fund fej fundamental problem, he said, well, i'm a pragmatic, blah, blah, blah. you can't run in the republican party and not identify yourself as a conservative. republican party is the conservative party. >> you can run if you have a plan that's called 9-9-9 and you can run if you don't remember your last name and if you're former speaker of the house. >> those guys all lost. but those guys all lost. we're just talking about what john huntman could ha jon huntsman could have done to win. he alienated the party he was introducing him to at the outset. >> erick erickson and many other conservatives including myself said look at the guy's record. he's got the most conservative record. and he did have, of all the candidates -- >> you're talking about huntsman. >> -- huntsman. but here is one of the biggest setbacks, one of the biggest problems the republican party's had over the last four years, will willie. you are considered
ronald reagan always said, i wear the white hat. and he always expanded his base. >> and john huntman had the fund fej fundamental problem, he said, well, i'm a pragmatic, blah, blah, blah. you can't run in the republican party and not identify yourself as a conservative. republican party is the conservative party. >> you can run if you have a plan that's called 9-9-9 and you can run if you don't remember your last name and if you're former speaker of the house. >> those guys...
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this is not lbj's america, this is ronald reagan's america. there was a blip on the chart in 2008 because of a bad -- i would say because of eight fumbled years by a republican white house and then a crisis. >> and also because the democratic nominee in 2008 ran a center right cultural campaign. >> right. >> this was not a nominee who talked about gay marriage, this was not a nominee to talked about guns. >> he didn't run giving anyone the idea he'd run up as much in deficit as he got shot. have you talked about balancing the budget. look what he said to dal -- he sounded a lot like paul ryan. >> they don't like changes debt and they don't like -- >> if we're going to have the now famous adult conversation, it's a very narrow channel. >> you got to get in it. >> it's a very narrow channel. and romney has to, as mark was saying, has to figure out what he's going to say about ryan. if this becomes obama versus ryan -- >> but the question that he got from the reporter was a perfect opportunity to save the future of of this country. >> and he's be
this is not lbj's america, this is ronald reagan's america. there was a blip on the chart in 2008 because of a bad -- i would say because of eight fumbled years by a republican white house and then a crisis. >> and also because the democratic nominee in 2008 ran a center right cultural campaign. >> right. >> this was not a nominee who talked about gay marriage, this was not a nominee to talked about guns. >> he didn't run giving anyone the idea he'd run up as much in...
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just like you heard democrats say after ronald reagan passed away, oh, back when ronald reagan -- he was a good republican. but you look at hillary and bill and you go from '93/ '94 when it was the middle -- these guys have progressed to a -- this new place nobody would have imagined. >> the good democrat that republicans admire who did the biggest tax increase in history. >> and you've got -- >> without a single republican vote. and who then went on a health care crusade in which there was a conscience, conscience choice made to not try to get any republican votes which is part of why the whole thing collapsed. so there was -- this notion, the compromise was great and it's necessary, but there wasn't really that much of it during the clinton administration. as that speech would have suggested. he couldn't stand up there and say, here's all the models of where i compromised successfully with republicans. >> certainly not in '93 and '94. >> the world trade agreement and nafta, two things no one in that audience wants to hear about, bill clinton did that with republicans in the first t
just like you heard democrats say after ronald reagan passed away, oh, back when ronald reagan -- he was a good republican. but you look at hillary and bill and you go from '93/ '94 when it was the middle -- these guys have progressed to a -- this new place nobody would have imagined. >> the good democrat that republicans admire who did the biggest tax increase in history. >> and you've got -- >> without a single republican vote. and who then went on a health care crusade in...
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i'm telling you, the ghost of ronald reagan would have lost by 16 points in 2006 after six years in iraq and massive spending. santorum, this is a guy that won in pennsylvania two times. as a hard right republican. you know how hard that is? in pennsylvania, we're not talking -- the guy were from alabama, jeffrey sachs, i would say one thing. pennsylvania is a strange state, most of us, most of the other 49 states are more libertarian. they want less government in their pocket book. they want less government this their bedroom. pennsylvania is a little different. because of the catholic populist flair. actually like a bigger government there. and they don't mind social conservatives like bob casey, for instance. >> i think the arithmetic is there. and that is, that romney never made a break through anywhere. but he had six or seven opponents. now it's getting down to one or two. and if santorum really is the only other, the nonromney, he's really able to garner the votes now. so it is quite different. i mean romney never made a breakthrough in any of the earlier races. so it's kind of am
i'm telling you, the ghost of ronald reagan would have lost by 16 points in 2006 after six years in iraq and massive spending. santorum, this is a guy that won in pennsylvania two times. as a hard right republican. you know how hard that is? in pennsylvania, we're not talking -- the guy were from alabama, jeffrey sachs, i would say one thing. pennsylvania is a strange state, most of us, most of the other 49 states are more libertarian. they want less government in their pocket book. they want...
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i'm not comparing newt to ronald reagan or george w. bush, but reagan had this way of making conservatives stand and go, yeah! you people in manhattan don't understand, you people in georgetown don't understand. screw you, right? let me continue. >> yeah -- >> george w. bush, and i promise, and it wasn't just me that said this. when somebody put a "w" on the back of their car in 2000, you know what that was equivalent of? sticking your finger up at the elites who said he was too stupid to be president and everybody that voted for him hated science. everybody that voted for him didn't believe in evolution. i think maureen said he was going to take us back to the dark ages, gary wills said that -- >> okay. bring it in for a landing. >> no, you need to understand this resentment. >> okay. >> i still remember this eight years later. gary wills saying that when you elect george w. bush, then as a country you have more in common with al qaeda than the european allies? this sort of resentment is something that i still feel as a conservative. i
i'm not comparing newt to ronald reagan or george w. bush, but reagan had this way of making conservatives stand and go, yeah! you people in manhattan don't understand, you people in georgetown don't understand. screw you, right? let me continue. >> yeah -- >> george w. bush, and i promise, and it wasn't just me that said this. when somebody put a "w" on the back of their car in 2000, you know what that was equivalent of? sticking your finger up at the elites who said he...
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who is the ronald reagan? >> well, there is no ronald reagan. >> okay. who's the george h.w. bush? >> i would settle for michael reagan at this point. >> i will tell you this -- >> it's mitt romney. >> i know this sounds crazy. but if i'm looking at the field right now, i'm telling newt gingrich, keep your head down, don't blow yourself up in iowa because there's going to be a lot of teeth gnashing and weeping after the guy that's got a 24% ceiling wins iowa. and the conservative split. because everybody's going to start looking saying, okay, who is the conservative? we're not going to allow a guy that has the 24% of the moderates in the republican party voting for him while this conservative party pushes another let's say gerald ford to the finish line. >> most of the scenarios -- >> and by the way, i need to explain this. this isn't necessarily what i feel. i know i need to explain this. i'm telling you as i have predicted crazy never wins in the republican party and it doesn't. but the republican party just like i said when newt gingrich was at 38%, 39% wasn't going to stand for
who is the ronald reagan? >> well, there is no ronald reagan. >> okay. who's the george h.w. bush? >> i would settle for michael reagan at this point. >> i will tell you this -- >> it's mitt romney. >> i know this sounds crazy. but if i'm looking at the field right now, i'm telling newt gingrich, keep your head down, don't blow yourself up in iowa because there's going to be a lot of teeth gnashing and weeping after the guy that's got a 24% ceiling wins iowa....
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ronald reagan up here with the 7.2%. >> right. >> winning. you've got ford and carter and bush in '92 losing with almost the same unemployment rate. the democrats in 1952 losing with a 3% unemployment rate and we can go on. >> a lot of that also has to do with trend lines. obviously the top one with reagan from 10%, 11%. >> that's precisely the point. the previous chart, first chart on trends and it was a good predictor. second chart was level. >> okay. >> let's go to gdp growth. >> and by the way, that's difficult for the president because the unemployment rate exploded the first year or two under the president and then came down. >> that's difficult for the president? >> what i'm saying, i'm saying it's harder to predict about the trend lines for the president because when he came in, you know, we hadn't bottomed out yet. >> that's true. with reagan it went up and came back down. the problem with the president it's not coming down it's flatlining. the unemployment per se is flatlining and that's his problem. to gdp growth under obama has be
ronald reagan up here with the 7.2%. >> right. >> winning. you've got ford and carter and bush in '92 losing with almost the same unemployment rate. the democrats in 1952 losing with a 3% unemployment rate and we can go on. >> a lot of that also has to do with trend lines. obviously the top one with reagan from 10%, 11%. >> that's precisely the point. the previous chart, first chart on trends and it was a good predictor. second chart was level. >> okay. >>...
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he's not ronald reagan. he's not going to rise to that occasion. >> what those stories told us, they were real and eugene, in the age of the internet and tweeting and politicians saving babies from burning buildings, they did something different here. which they had two stories of families that had lost their children ultimately, nothing could be done for them, but in their moment of sorrow, they were there for them, the romneys were there for them. mitt romney was a human being who did simple acts to show his compassion and, you know, i think there was something there that could really penetrate for those that don't know something about him. >> i thought it was powerful too. you don't think of mitt romney as comforter in chief. you thought of him as the guy who said, i like being able to fire people. i thought this was a powerful counter-point to that. it did show another side of him. i thought in the speech, the personal moments, the rose, every day, that was beautiful. it was beautiful. there was an image
he's not ronald reagan. he's not going to rise to that occasion. >> what those stories told us, they were real and eugene, in the age of the internet and tweeting and politicians saving babies from burning buildings, they did something different here. which they had two stories of families that had lost their children ultimately, nothing could be done for them, but in their moment of sorrow, they were there for them, the romneys were there for them. mitt romney was a human being who did...
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reagan versus jimmy carter. >> it's a game of inches here. >> ronald reagan versus gerald ford in 1976. a campaign you can get really excited about. it's just not huge differences. by the way, i can say without a doubt that if mitt romney were sitting in barack obama's chair, on january 20th, he would have done a lot of the same things on the bailouts, a lot of the same things with detroit, he just would have. you know why? because george w. bush -- >> did a lot -- >> basically did the same things. he wouldn't have gone forward -- actually, he may have gone forward to health care because the "usa today" op-ed in 2009 told barack obama you need to have an vidindividual mandate. >> there's not a big difference between these two guys. for my republican friends that get mad when i say that, go look at his record. it's right there. he's not a conservative. >> look, i mean how he governed in massachusetts. the health care law was the predecessor for obama care, right? romney came in, inherited a bad economic situation, talked about how he had to turn it around which is what obama is doing. h
reagan versus jimmy carter. >> it's a game of inches here. >> ronald reagan versus gerald ford in 1976. a campaign you can get really excited about. it's just not huge differences. by the way, i can say without a doubt that if mitt romney were sitting in barack obama's chair, on january 20th, he would have done a lot of the same things on the bailouts, a lot of the same things with detroit, he just would have. you know why? because george w. bush -- >> did a lot -- >>...
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bush beats ronald reagan. ronald reagan shows what he's made of in new hampshire the next week and he comes back and wins new hampshire. mr. green, he said, i paid for this mic. eight years later it was george h.w. bush that got whipped in iowa and he went to new hampshire and just pummeled bob dole. these two states work pretty well together. you always talk about tv being the mri of the soul. iowa/new hampshire, pretty good mri for campaigns. >> there's no doubt about that, joe. while i am like tom, in favor of a regional primary or series of regional primaries, i would say this. years of covering these things, iowa and new hampshire give voters, people, a chance to meet the candidate in a way no other state primary does. and the process of politics in electing our presidents has become so remote from the average citizen that once they leave new hampshire, then the only time they are really seen is on tv or in paid ads that they direct and produce. but here in iowa and in new hampshire, you can get a sense o
bush beats ronald reagan. ronald reagan shows what he's made of in new hampshire the next week and he comes back and wins new hampshire. mr. green, he said, i paid for this mic. eight years later it was george h.w. bush that got whipped in iowa and he went to new hampshire and just pummeled bob dole. these two states work pretty well together. you always talk about tv being the mri of the soul. iowa/new hampshire, pretty good mri for campaigns. >> there's no doubt about that, joe. while i...
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the press didn't treat ronald reagan and george w. bush any less unfairly, and both men managed not onlyo win the presencyutge re-elected. mr. romney would do better to focus more on reducing his unforcedrrors and less on the fourth estate's political bias. ifhining about the liberal media was a winning strategy for republicans, newtingrich wou be t mi" well, and newt gingrich is a great example -- i don't mean to go back there -- a great example of the problem we're talking about here. because -- >> no. >> -- no, instead of stepping forward and separating himself from this candidate, he somehow, becausof his party -- at distraction.. >> it is. >> i'm talking about the presidential race. we're one week out from the first presidential debate, and we have brand-new polling out this morning from three separate swing states that show this race is slipping away. >> and they're the big e. andhey' tigth mika. >> yes, they are. are you ready? >> i'm ready for you to talk about the presidential race. >> zip it. according to the latest quinnipi
the press didn't treat ronald reagan and george w. bush any less unfairly, and both men managed not onlyo win the presencyutge re-elected. mr. romney would do better to focus more on reducing his unforcedrrors and less on the fourth estate's political bias. ifhining about the liberal media was a winning strategy for republicans, newtingrich wou be t mi" well, and newt gingrich is a great example -- i don't mean to go back there -- a great example of the problem we're talking about here....
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. >> mark, mitt romney did the same thing ronald reagan had to do in 1980. we remember the '80 debate, those old enough, and everybody loves to talk about how ronald reagan wiped the floor with jimmy carter. he didn't. he had a couple of extraordinary moments, but it was neck and neck. there were a few -- but last night, this is what mitt romney had to do. he had to prove that he was not crazy. you know, gerald ford in 1976 said governor reagan won't get us into war, president reagan will. his own party knocked him as this crazy sort of cowboy. the fascist gun in the west a lot of people would say. reagan diffused that, same thing mitt romney did last night. for swing voters watching last night, that's the message he had to deliver. >> that's why, i think, although the president clearly won on points in the room, if there's an impact on the race, it seems to me if mitt romney did really achieve that. again, not just last night, but over the three debates, i think he came across as someone who a lot of people could see as president and moved to the question o
. >> mark, mitt romney did the same thing ronald reagan had to do in 1980. we remember the '80 debate, those old enough, and everybody loves to talk about how ronald reagan wiped the floor with jimmy carter. he didn't. he had a couple of extraordinary moments, but it was neck and neck. there were a few -- but last night, this is what mitt romney had to do. he had to prove that he was not crazy. you know, gerald ford in 1976 said governor reagan won't get us into war, president reagan...